21.3% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Amiens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Amiens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Amiens volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, though it is less likely to have people caring for children unpaid compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid than the state average, 27.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.4% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.5% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Amiens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30056/amiens/topic/community